- Raquel Leviss said in a podcast that Tom Sandoval secretly filmed their intimate FaceTime call.
- Leviss told Bethenny Frankel that she FaceTimed Sandoval a lot but didn't expect to be recorded.
"Vanderpump Rules" star Raquel Leviss has accused co-star Tom Sandoval of secretly recording the intimate FaceTime call that tipped his girlfriend off about their affair.
Sandoval admitted to cheating on his long-time girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Leviss, in a viral scandal more famously known as the "Scandoval". The affair started in August 2022 but was only uncovered in March when Madix discovered the FaceTime recording on Sandoval's phone.
"So you're FaceTiming Tom, you're in New York, and Tom is in LA, and you're masturbating, and he's recording you, and you don't know that you're being recorded?" former "Real Housewives of New York City" cast member Bethenny Frankel asked Leviss in her podcast which aired Wednesday.
"Correct," Leviss told Frankel.
"I decided to be adventurous and look at the adult section on the TV, and Tom and I FaceTimed a lot, so it turned into something more of an intimate FaceTime. I expected to have privacy in that moment, so that happened," Leviss said.
Leviss apologized to Madix in March for her affair with Sandoval, per a statement to Entertainment Tonight.
"There is no excuse, I am not a victim, and I must own my actions, and I deeply regret hurting Ariana," Leviss said, adding that she had endured death threats and hate emails by being a part of the reality show.
Leviss also ended up checking into a mental health facility after the show's latest season wrapped. A representative for Leviss told Page Six in April that Leviss "needed mental health treatment and ultimately decided she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling."
Representatives for Leviss and Sandoval did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.